UNTIE Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

untie

verb

ˌən-ˈtī

Definition of untie

as in to unfasten

to disengage the knotted parts of she always makes sure to untie her shoelaces before removing her shoes

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Recent Examples of untie Scrunching up in the back seat to untie her heels, Vergara managed to slip out of the shoes and right back into a pair of white Skechers sneakers. — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 13 June 2026 Many had called for new progressive revenue measures throughout the session, including taxes on big corporations and billionaires and for Illinois to untie itself from parts of the federal tax code. — Lauren Victory, CBS News, 1 June 2026 Then, just as Clark is preparing to untie Mary, the monstrous Lifeform that killed Kat and Bobby and has been haunting the Backrooms ducks through the door. — Megan McCluskey, Time, 29 May 2026 The Nationals took the lead for good in the seventh inning when rookie John Klein allowed a solo home run to Keibert Ruiz, untying a game that pinch hitter Josh Bell had knotted up a half-inning earlier. — Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 7 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for untie

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Transforming the cabin from sitting to sleeping is a group effort that includes unpacking the ladder (usually stowed beneath the seats with the luggage), unfastening the upper bunks, and making the beds.

— Emily Manthei, Travel + Leisure, 10 May 2026
After the pink fabric is unfastened from styrofoam beams floating 200 feet out from each island, the sections are towed to shore and rolled up in bundles, Morgan said.

— Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2026

Definition of unfasten

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Qrator specifically warns that removing the malware does not undo credentials or tokens that attackers may have already stolen.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
After five shootings in less than a week left at least 46 people dead, South Africa is wrestling with how to tackle a spike in gun crime that threatens to undo recent progress in reducing its notoriously high murder rate.

— Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026

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This beautiful retrospective volume shows a poet developing steadily, from the graceful descriptions and encoded trauma of the poems from the 1990s through the loosening music and political engagement of the books of the last ten years.

— Craig Morgan Teicher, Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026
The pullout, however, leaves a new Iraqi government with the daunting task of loosening Iran’s grip on its neighbor, which has long been trapped in a cycle of sectarianism, foreign meddling and civil conflict.

— Sarah Tamimi, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026

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